Sam Newman's fossilised view
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Fossil by name, fossil by nature - Sam Newman is in hot water of homophobic comments he made on last night Footy Show. Courtesy Channel Nine/Footy Show

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15 May 2014

Sport

Shane Crawford, left, and Sam Newman clowning around at the Entertainment Centre where The Footy Show was filmed on Thursday night. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe. Source: News Corp Australia

FOOTY Show star Sam Newman is adamant he has nothing to apologise for after flashing his genitals to a national television audience.

Speaking on Triple M this morning about the show broadcast live from the Adelaide Entertainment Centre last night, Newman said his clothes had been removed by wardrobe staff while he was changing for a skit about the meningitis strain that’s hit the Port Adelaide Football Club.

“I put all of my clothes on the couch while I went into the bathroom, when I came out, all my clothes had been removed — they had been taken backstage by the wardrobe people, who I’m not blaming incidentally,” Newman said.

“So that when I came off after the first bracket, I couldn’t get changed. So I couldn’t locate my underwear, I had no spare ones. So that is why I wasn’t wearing underwear if you’re wondering why I wasn’t wearing underwear.”

Newman is no stranger to controversy, yet always emerges unscathed.

The former Geelong forward, who is an original presenter on The AFL Footy Show, has previously attracted criticism for views regarded as racist and sexist.

However on Thursday night, Newman gave viewers an entirely different view.

The 69-year-old Newman, who has been married three times, took to The AFL Footy Show’s stage wearing unbuttoned Port Adelaide pyjamas.

As he was rolled off a hospital bed by a high-skirted nurse, he exposed himself to the Adelaide crowd and viewers.

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